VISUAL ART AUSTRALIA
TRUC TRUONG Festival Designer
Truc Truong returns in 2022 as the OzAsia Festival designer, creating spectacular installations around Adelaide Festival Centre and holding workshops for South Australian students. ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE 20 OCT > 6 NOV FREE
“This year’s OzAsia Festival design is inspired by a well-known folktale shared across many countries in Asia: The Cowherd and the Weaver. This story centres around two lovers whose marriage goes against societal norms, as one is a farmer, and one is of royal lineage. Their love angers those in power, and they are banished to live on opposite sides of a heavenly river. After proving their love, the Goddess of Heaven allows them to be reunited once a year. On the seventh day of the seventh month of the Lunar calendar, the Goddess summons birds to fly across the river to create a bridge for the lovers to reunite. Just like the birds flocking together to make a bridge for the lovers, this year’s festival design explores the magic of building new connections together and crossing into areas we thought were impossible. The 2022 OzAsia Festival program features mystical destinations and stories shared across generations, and this is what drew me to The Cowherd and the Weaver. I started to wonder: what kind of bridges are we building for today and the future? How are we creating a strong foundation of sharing our stories and cultures? This year’s festival design is inspired by the spirit of bridges and what this means for us.”
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IMAGES | Tae Won Kim
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